TM International (Bangladesh) Ltd, the company that owns the telecom brand AKTEL, has been renamed as Axiata (Bangladesh) Ltd, says a press release.

Axiata (Bangladesh) Ltd is a joint venture between Axiata Group Berhad of Malaysia, one of the largest telecommunication companies in South East Asia, and NTT-DoCoMo of Japan.

However, the company said that the brand AKTEL would remain the same, Axiata's other mobile subsidiaries and associates operate under different banners, such as 'Celcom' in Malaysia, XL' in Indonesia and Dialog' in Sri Lanka.